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The Qobuz Essential Discography


These albums have helped write the history of music and have become real milstones.
With the Essential Discography, you'll find vital and emblematic works in all genres that everyone should know and have in their collection.

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-19 03:29 UTC.

Release groups

#YearTitleArtistTypeRatingReleases
1951Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1Thelonious MonkAlbum3.517
1956Ellington at NewportDuke Ellington & His OrchestraAlbum + Live37
1957Way Out WestSonny RollinsAlbum428
1957Birth of the CoolMiles DavisAlbum + Compilation4.433
1957Saxophone ColossusSonny RollinsAlbum535
1958Ascenseur pour l’échafaudMiles DavisAlbum + Soundtrack3.6533
1958Songs for Distingué LoversBillie HolidayAlbum15
1958Blue TrainJohn ColtraneAlbum4.6551
1959Ben Webster Meets Oscar PetersonBen Webster & Oscar PetersonAlbum8
1959Kind of BlueMiles DavisAlbum4.45137
1960Portrait in JazzBill Evans TrioAlbum333
1960Soul StationHank MobleyAlbum519
1960Sketches of SpainMiles DavisAlbum4.246
1961Dexter Calling…Dexter GordonAlbum48
1962Big Band Bossa NovaQuincy JonesAlbum510
1962GoDexter GordonAlbum419
1962Takin’ OffHerbie HancockAlbum4.522
1963A New PerspectiveDonald ByrdAlbum38
1963EvolutionGrachan Moncur IIIAlbum10
1963One Step BeyondJackie McLeanAlbum7
1963Page OneJoe HendersonAlbum13
1963The Pink Panther (for 1963 film)Henry ManciniAlbum + Soundtrack14
1963The Freewheelin’ Bob DylanBob DylanAlbum4.231
1963The Black Saint and the Sinner LadyCharles MingusAlbum417
1964Idle MomentsGrant GreenAlbum415
1964Inventions & DimensionsHerbie HancockAlbum410
1964JujuWayne ShorterAlbum416
1964Search for the New LandLee MorganAlbum11
1964The SidewinderLee MorganAlbum419
1964Out to Lunch! (Dolphy studio album released posthumously on Blue Note)Eric DolphyAlbum4.125
1964Song for My FatherThe Horace Silver QuintetAlbum4.515
1965A Love SupremeJohn ColtraneAlbum4.5546
1965Live at the RegalB.B. KingAlbum + Live4.1518
1965Speak No EvilWayne ShorterAlbum517
1965Point of DepartureAndrew HillAlbum10
1965Maiden VoyageHerbie HancockAlbum4.3521
1965Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanAlbum4.237
1965Rubber SoulThe BeatlesAlbum4.45103
1966I Want to Hold Your HandGrant GreenAlbum8
1966Miles SmilesMiles Davis QuintetAlbum4.521
1966Sounds of SilenceSimon & GarfunkelAlbum4.331
1966Blonde on BlondeBob DylanAlbum4.1559
1966Pet SoundsThe Beach BoysAlbum4.355
1967Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 C-Dur / Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-DurProkofiev, Ravel; Martha Argerich, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio AbbadoAlbum6
1967The Real McCoyMcCoy TynerAlbum15
1967The DoorsThe DoorsAlbum4.651
1967The Velvet Underground & NicoThe Velvet Underground & NicoAlbum4.444
1967Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum4.5579
1967Disraeli GearsCreamAlbum4.4536
1967Songs of Leonard CohenLeonard CohenAlbum4.5519
1968At Folsom PrisonJohnny CashAlbum + Live419
1968Now He Sings, Now He SobsChick CoreaAlbum450
1968Wheels of FireCreamAlbum3.8529
1968Electric LadylandThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceAlbum4.356
1969Led Zeppelin (I)Led ZeppelinAlbum4.566
1969In a Silent WayMiles DavisAlbum4.4525
1969Five Leaves LeftNick DrakeAlbum4.4517
1969In the Court of the Crimson KingKing CrimsonAlbum4.6571
1969Led Zeppelin IILed ZeppelinAlbum4.4567
1970Bitches BrewMiles DavisAlbum4.547
1970Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon and GarfunkelAlbum4.1545
1970Live at LeedsThe WhoAlbum + Live4.3532
1970Deep Purple in RockDeep PurpleAlbum4.341
1970CurtisCurtis MayfieldAlbum4.511
1970After the Gold RushNeil YoungAlbum4.4528
1970AbraxasSantanaAlbum4.5536
1970Tea for the TillermanCat StevensAlbum3.836
1971PearlJanis JoplinAlbum4.1536
1971TapestryCarole KingAlbum3.8185
1971AqualungJethro TullAlbum453
1971L.A. WomanThe DoorsAlbum3.9554
1971What’s Going OnMarvin GayeAlbum4.3547
1971BlueJoni MitchellAlbum4.1529
1971Shaft: Music From the SoundtrackIsaac HayesAlbum + Soundtrack417
1971Who’s NextThe WhoAlbum4.468
1971Santana (III)SantanaAlbum4.223
1971ImagineJohn LennonAlbum4.147
1971[Led Zeppelin IV]Led ZeppelinAlbum4.885
1971FragileYesAlbum4.554
1971Hunky DoryDavid BowieAlbum4.3536
1972HarvestNeil YoungAlbum4.3531
1972Pink MoonNick DrakeAlbum4.1515
1972Paul SimonPaul SimonAlbum3.7515
1972The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From MarsDavid BowieAlbum4.5562
1972All DirectionsThe TemptationsAlbum48
1972Talking BookStevie WonderAlbum425
1972TransformerLou ReedAlbum4.1525
1973La bohème (1972 studio cast)Puccini; Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Panerai, Maffeo, Ghiaurov, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanAlbum9
1973Light as a FeatherChick Corea and Return to ForeverAlbum4.519
1973Houses of the HolyLed ZeppelinAlbum4.4551
1973Countdown to EcstasySteely DanAlbum419
1973Tres hombresZZ TopAlbum3.826
1973InnervisionsStevie WonderAlbum4.6535
1973(pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd)Lynyrd SkynyrdAlbum4.2519
1973Let’s Get It OnMarvin GayeAlbum422
1973Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton JohnAlbum3.8558
1973Head HuntersHerbie HancockAlbum3.930
1974Symphonies nos. 4, 5 & 6 “Pathétique”Tchaikovsky; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny MravinskyAlbum10
1974461 Ocean BoulevardEric ClaptonAlbum4.228
1974Fulfillingness’ First FinaleStevie WonderAlbum415

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